Guide for sewing-machines.



P. S. WOODHEAD.

GUIDE FOR SEWING MACHINES.

APVPLIOATION FILED APR. 2, 1910.

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ATTORNEY 1,048,779. Patentd Dec. 31, 1912.

UNITED srarrns PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK S. WOODHEAD, OF BRIDGE-PORT. CONNECTICUT, ASSIGhiOR TO THE SINGER, MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

GUIDE FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

"Patented nee. 31.1912.

Application filed April 2, 1910. Serial No. 552.947.

17 0 all LP/L07 it may concern Be it known that LFRAXK S. lVoonni-nm, a citizen of the United States. residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fair-field and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guides for Sewing-Machines, of which the following is ment or article to be trimmed. and to this end the invention comprises multiple guiding elements arranged in such relationship that the seam-receiving edge of the trimming will be constantly held in contact with its edgeguiding element.

In the manufacture of certain classes of producti us it is frequently necessary to apply the trimmings in patterns of irregular design, which requires the manual manipulation of the article, thus making a ditlicult operation for an inexperienced operator; and when itis also necessary to mannally guide the trimming, the skill necessary to effect the required quantity and quality of production is attained only by long con tinued practice. The employment of the means herein disclosed is intended to materially lessen these (liiliculties and save a substantial portion of th time which the operator would otherwisen'eqnire to become proficient in handling the? work.

For some productions 'it is desirable to position the fabrics in abutting relationship and secure them by a line of zigzag stitchas are deemed necessary for a proper under standing of the application of the invention have been illustrated.

ing, while in other cases it is desirable to. overlap the edges of the. fabrics and secure' As the application oi the invention to the ()l'(1lIlt1l sewing machine foreilecting single lines of stitching -will be evident from an understanding of the present drawings, it has not been thought necessary to illustrate such form of machine. i

lel'erringto the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure .1 is a reduced perspective view of one form conunercidl zigzag or overseaming machine equipped with the improved mechanism. Fig? 2 is a full size plan view of the main guide shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a viewin elevation of the dclivery' end oi. the mainguide. Fig. dis a perspective view of the supplemental or bracket; arm guide. i I

having its seam edge arranged at an angle to the line of seam formation. 2 a bracket arm which carries at oncend the said baseplate and at its opposite end is frietionally secured by screw 3-and spring washer 4 .to a bracket the latter being adjnstably secured by a screw (5 to the bed-plate ot' thesewing machine, a stop 7 adjustably secured by screws 8 to the arm 2 acting to limit the swinging movements oi said base-plate in the direction-of the feed of the material.

9 represents an adjustable outer edgeguide secured by screws 10 to the seam edge of the base-plate 1. The base-plate 1 isprovided with vertirally-arranged brackets 11. 1), Hand l-t. the inner walls 25 and 96 of 'the braekets'll and '13 acting as edge-guides for the trimming strip. In the bracket 11 are secured the inner ends of the guide rods or guiding elements If) and 16 inclined at ditlerent angles from a horizontal plane. and in the bracket 13 is seeured'one end of the horizontally arranged guide rod or guid ing element 17, the opposite end of the latter rod being. secured in the bracket. 14 and the outer-ends of tlierods 15 and 16 being secured in the bracket 12. 6

To facilitate the delivery of the trimming from the supplv to the main guiding device. there is provided a suppltaiici'ital guide ltiadjustably secured bv screw 19 to the guide standard 20, which latter is secured by a suitable screw (not shown) to the upper surface of the sewing machine bracket arm as shown in Fig. 1, a supply spoolQl being suitably mounted on a rod 22 secured in a ,base 23, said base being conveniently positioned upon the commonly-employed sewing machine table or stand, at the rear of the sewing machine.

In the operation of the device, supposing it is desired to guide the adjoining edges of the materials in abutting relationship, the edge guide 9 ig adjusted to the position illustrated in the drawings where it acts to guide the edge of the material to which the trimming is to be applied. The trimming 2 is passed from the supply through the gu de 18, under the guide bar 17, over theguide bar 16 and out beneath the bar 15, wlth its inner or abutting edge in contact with the inner walls 25 and 26 of the brackets 11 and or body portion of the material; also that if the roductions requiredwmly an overlap P f the adjoining edges, the guide 9 could be dispensed withanrl the edge of the main or body portion of the material brought into guiding contactwitldthe edge 27 of said base-plate. To meet the requirements of manufacturers generally, the fmain guiding device is furnished with or without the guide 9 and with or without the bracket 11 eX- tended downward to the lower surface of the base-plate 1.

Claims: c

1'. In a guiding attachment for sewing machines, a base-plate, an inner and an outer ed e-guide located at the seam edge of and adjacent to the delivery end of'said baseplate, and an inner edge-guide located at the seam edge of and adjacent to the receiving seajgni edge of and adjacent to the receiving end of js'alid base-plate, in combination with mulp-l te and-,; inclined with respect to each other Ito the line of scam formation for guidin. a trimming strip toward the inner edgegul, .es.

In a guiding attachment for sewing mach nes, a base-plate, and inner and outer edg ej-guides for guiding the adjacent edges ofqthe fabrics to the action of the stitchforming mechanism, in combination with multiple guiding'elements carried by said 'base plate and inclined with respect to each base-plate, and brackets extending vertitiple guiding elements mounte chines, a base-plate having adjustments into time; guiding elements carried by said b seother and to the line of scam formation for guiding a trimming fabric toward the inner edge-guide.

3. In a guiding attachment for sewing ma-' chines, a base-plate, inner and outer edgeguidesparried bysaid base-plate, and a horizontally-arranged guiding element located adjacent to the receiving end of and carried by said base-plate, in combination with mul tiple guiding elements inclined downwardly and upwardly respectively, toward the edgeguides and located at the delivery end-0f and carried by said base-plate.

4;. In a guiding attachment for sewing machines, a base-plate, inner and outer edgeguides located at the seam edge'and adjacent to the delivery end of said base-plate, an inner edge-guide located at the seam edge of and adjacent to the receiving end'of said 5 call from the oppositely-arranged edges of sai ibase-plate, in combination ith mulin said brackets, said multiple guiding elements being inclined with respect to each other and to the line of seam formation for guiding a trimming-fabric toward the inner edgeguides.

5. In a guiding attachment for sewing maand out of operative relationship with the. stitch-forming mechanism and provided with inner and outer edge-guides for guiding the adjacent edges .of the fabrics to the action of the stitch-forming mechanism, in

combination with multiple guiding elements carried by said base-plate and inclined with respect to each other and to the line of seam formation for guiding a trimming fabric toward the inner edge-guides.

6. In a guiding attachment for sewing ma chines, a base-plate'provided with verticallyarranged inner and outer edge-guides and carrying at its receiving end a horizontallyarr'anged guiding element located at sub- 11o stantially right angles to the line of the seam, said base-plate at its delivery end being provided with a guiding element inclined downwardly from the vertical plane of said inner edge-guide, and a guiding element carried by said base-plate arranged obliquely with respect to the line of said seam and inclined upwardly from the vertical plane of said edge-guiding surfaces, said obliquely-arranged guiding element being intermediate the guiding element located at the receiving end and the like element located at the delivery end of said baseplate.

7. In a guiding attachment for sewing machines, a base-plate provided at its delivery end with an inner and an outer edge-guide and at its receiving end with an inner edgeguide, the edge of said base-plate nearest the fabric being disposed at an angle to the line of feed to better accommodate the manual .nianipiilntim'i of the body 'l'aln'ii', and a 1101izuntallyaii'ranged guiding ulvnani limited at the receiving end of and can-vied by waicl plain, in 00mliinatiunwith mullipii: guiding Moments inclined i|m\'i1\\ai' i!yand, u nvaa'ifiiy said Lame-Mate.

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FRANK. S. WOODHEAD.

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